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1、BUSTED,BUTNOTBROKENTHESTATEOFSILKROADANDTHEDARKNETMARKETPLACESADIGITALCITIZENSALLIANCEINVESTIGATIVEREPORTTenmonthsago,theDigitalCitizensAlliancebeganresearchingillicitonlinemarketplaces,includingSilkRoad(pre-andpost-arrestofRossUlbricht,accusedofbeingSi
2、lkRoad’snotoriousoperator“DreadPirateRoberts”).ThisreportdetailsthefindingsofDigitalCitizensresearchers,includingthefollowingkeytakeaways:Keytakeaways:•Approximately13,648listingsfordrugsarenowavailableonSilkRoadcomparedtothe13,000thatwerelistedshortlyb
3、eforetheFBIarrestedUlbrichtandshutdownthesite.Incomparison,SilkRoad’sclosestcompetitor,Agora,hasjustroughly7,400druglistings.•ThereissignificantlymorecompetitiontodaythanwhentheoriginalSilkRoadwasseized.SilkRoad2.0currentlycontains5%morelistingsfordrugs
4、thanitspredecessorheldatthetimeofitsseizure.Bycomparison,theDarknetdrugeconomyasawholecontains75%morelistingsfordrugs.•SilkRoadandotherDarknetmarketplacescontinuetodosteadybusinessdespitethearrestsofadditionalallegedoperatorswhoauthoritiessayworkedforUl
5、bricht.•Aseriesofscammarkets,whichappearedasopportuniststriedtofillthevoidwhiletheoriginalSilkRoadwasshutdown,createddistrustamongcustomersaftertheoperatorsallegedlystoletensofmillionsofdollarsworthofbitcoin.Itisspeculatedthattheresultingdistrustmaybeon
6、eofthefactorshelpingSilkRoadrebuilditsuserbasesoquickly.•Inchatroomsusedbybothoperatorsandcustomers,manybelievethatthefalloutfromUlbricht’sarrestiscomplete.Some,whoclaimtobeinformedinsiders,saythatUlbrichthassurrenderedasmuchinformationashehastooffer.Th
7、esesameindividualsbelieveUlbricht’sinformationledtothreehighprofilearrestsearlierthisyear.•SilkRoadoperatorshaveturnedaFebruaryhack,inwhichhundredsofthousandsofbitcoinswerestolen,fromacrisistoanopportunity.Theoperatorsdevisedaplantogetbitcoinsbacktomany
8、customershitintheheist.ThishashelpedSilkRoadreaffirmthatitisnotlikethescammarketsthatfailedcustomersearlier.OnOctober2,2013lawenforcementarrestedtheinfamous“DreadPirateRoberts,”(DPR)theelusivecreatorandproprietorofthedefunctanony
